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The Epic of Gilbert by CasualMaverick

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made by CasualMaverick for LD 38 (JAM)

A game about knowing what you want and taking action.

Play the game online here: hardcorecasual.github.io/gilbert

Follow Gilbert, the recently captured goldfish on his introspective journey of self discovery.

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Play through several different challenging minigames and follow your dreams at the same time!

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All art, music, and programming were done by our team in the timeframe of the jam. We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we did making it!

You can view the source files here: https://github.com/HardcoreCasual/The-Epic-of-Gilbert

You can download the game here: http://puu.sh/vveks/faca3a7d4e.zip

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/the-epic-of-gilbert-1

Ratings

Overall 455th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 531th 2.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 558th 2.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 76th 4.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 256th 3.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 147th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 188th 3.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 152th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

jk5000
28. Apr 2017 · 17:53 UTC
The story is absolute the best part of this game. The mini games is okay, but I would have preferred there only was one mini game, you have used more time on. The graphics is very simple and it fits the game idea well. Overall this a okay LD game, with a great story.
jk5000
01. May 2017 · 08:51 UTC
I have now also rated your game.
🎤 CasualMaverick
02. May 2017 · 01:05 UTC
Thanks for the comment and the rating! We were mostly focused on story as you could tell but we all really loved the idea of having a few completely different games within this one small fishbowl; of course that was probably a little ambitious :^)
Stanislav
02. May 2017 · 01:20 UTC
poor fishy =)
I need quick start minigames.
Ilseroth
02. May 2017 · 01:24 UTC
Flappy fish. Anyways, the audio design is probably the most standout bit of your game to be honest; different sounds for every bit. I got really worried at first because I genuinely hated the bowl controls... but you don't really have to use them for anything besides nomming so it didn't become an issue.

Thanks for the game <3
🎤 CasualMaverick
02. May 2017 · 01:28 UTC
@Stanislav, yes we really really wanted to get a 'rapidfire' 'arcade' kind of mode in where once you beat the story you could just go straight to the games and for a high score. Unfortunately we did not have time, but do plan to implement it soon!

So glad you liked the game @ilseroth, I think that if you hated being in the bowl then it had its intended effect c:
tweedle
02. May 2017 · 01:28 UTC
haha, the credits at the end were a nice touch, a couple extra lives in the levels would have been awesome so I could rock it after I figured out what was going on. I defended the shit outta the* planet at the end tho!

tell me did I set the world record high score? ...
![2017-05-01_2023.png](///raw/637/z/3794.png)

great work all around! the subtle scenery changes, WAS I STILL IN THE SAME BOWL?!
well done jammers, congrats!
🎤 CasualMaverick
02. May 2017 · 01:46 UTC
@tweedle Thanks for the kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game. To be honest the arcade levels were about 10 times easier for most of the jam up until the last few hours so for a while only having one life left you alive for way too long... I think I may have gone a little overboard on the difficulty changes though C:
kr4ft3r
02. May 2017 · 02:21 UTC
Nice, several different allegories packed into a game that at start felt like "oh no this'll be slow" but I ended up playing to the end.
Laylow
02. May 2017 · 02:39 UTC
Nice story. I actually started feeling like the fish. At first I moved around the bowl constantly but by the end I just stayed still waiting for my food. Really quite something to evoke that feeling so quickly.
TitoMakaniJr
02. May 2017 · 04:09 UTC
That fish must have loved flappy bird...! The animations in this game were great and I liked the music/sound effects. Actually I really liked how the moving animation would speed up as you moved, maybe its not very hard to make (I'm honestly not sure) but it looked super good. Certainly a fun little game.
halfskye
02. May 2017 · 05:58 UTC
As an aquarium owner, I started to wonder and feel bad for this fish. I hope that my fish don't feel suicidal tendencies too.

Cool series of sequences here! Cool ideas! Great job :)
TheCrittersCove
02. May 2017 · 17:12 UTC
I like the overall looks of the game, and the goldfish animations are very cute. I’m a little baffled though that goldfish ponders his days in the ocean when they’re freshwater fish, but maybe I’m just nitpicking.

I didn’t realize the seaweed was dangerous in the first mini-game. I’m not too sure how you make seaweed look threatening though.

I really do like the overall theme and short story it’s trying to convey.
Sean M
03. May 2017 · 03:52 UTC
I loved this - the atmosphere felt great and I got a dank score of 420 8)
fangzhangmnm
04. May 2017 · 14:52 UTC
The music builds up the atmosphere very will. However the minigames are difficult, needs practice but I have no chance to retry
those-30-ninjas
04. May 2017 · 18:10 UTC
I like that when you run into the side of the bowl he bounces off and faces the other direction. That was a nice bit of polish that added a lot to the game feel for me. I failed the first dream really fast because I didn't think I needed to dodge the seaweed. The defend the earth mini game was my favorite. Nicely done. :)
bobsleigh
06. May 2017 · 21:15 UTC
Great job. I loved the graphics and the music very much. With the story and all, it really felt as though you're in a bowl and dreaming.

The game felt really polished: the bouncing off the walls was a nice touch.

I also really loved the concept: I thought it was very creative. So all in all: godd work!
Dragon Coder
07. May 2017 · 09:00 UTC
Nice game, nice story! I enjoyed it!
BlackRose
12. May 2017 · 15:18 UTC
Its a good idea and a fun game! Maybe the time of the story its a bit long. I like a lot the game ^^